At the Doha Hamad international airport · 11:58am Sep 24th, 2014
Hey folks.
I'm typing this on my Samsung Galaxy, so forgive my brevity and typos. It's the first time I've turned this phone on in seven months, and I'm having to learn hour to use it all over again.
We landed earlier this morning in Qatar after a six hour flight in a C-130, which is about the least comfortable aircraft ever designed. Also, I get air sick easily, so today has been a particularly uncomfortable experience. I've been awake for 36 hours now.
But, of course, it's worth it. When it's time to come home from a deployment you just accept that there will be discomfort, but the alternative is never leaving Afghanistan. For some reason I've never understood, the flight home is always worse than the flight there. But the reward at the end will be better.
In a few hours, I'll be getting on a 15-hour flight back to the states. I'll hate it, and it's possible I'll be sick many times before we land, but I still can't wait.
Talk to you guys again in a day or so. If you see me in a bar, first round's on me.
Edit: I guess I can link a story to this post. Go read Forever Summer!
Dude, if I ever meet you, there's no way I'm letting you pay for any of the drinks
2479365 I agree with the fruity one.
Well, it'll be an awkward glaring contest then, since I never let vets buy the first round
Welcome home, CIG!
its...calming to hear that you'll be safe back home soon :)
Sadly, no new chapter to read! (Great story, read twice, but that's my limit given all the stuff I have to read and stuff I WANT to read! XD)
Hope the flight goes smooth enough to not make you too queasy. CHEERS!
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Welcome home, or at least to Qatar.
Safe travels back home!!
And should we ever meet, I will refuse to let you buy me a drink. They're on me.
No.
Not just no, but Hell no.
Not just Hell no, but Oh, Hell no.
Not just Oh, Hell no, but Oh, Hell fuck no.
Brother, returning heroes don't buy the drinks. And I say that with all humility in the world. I may be a soldier, as well, but your job is so many leagues beyond what I do. Even when I was a combat arms soldier—while I may have kicked in a few doors, walked a few dismounted patrols, and seen my share of shit—what you do is so much more.
Brother, the first and last rounds are on me. No debate. Welcome home.
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Oh, CiG... bless your heart. Like anyone would let you beat them to buying you a drink.
Cold, you don't know me from any other brony, but let me say thank you for your service. It's wonderful news that you are on your way home. Chances may be slim that we'd ever meet, but like the others have said, if we were there'd be no way in Tatarus you'd be buying. Welcome home Cold.
Huzzah! Welcome back home, Gardez. Being the perpetual pansy that I am, I cannot fathom a soldier's endless sacrifice and willingness to place himself in peril, day in and day out. For that, I am deeply thankful.
And if you think air sickness is bad, imagine how nauseous you'll be feeling after a line of bronies are done feeding you drinks.
Have a safe journey, CiG. You'll probably still be in the air by the time I get off work, but welcome home.
If I was american I'd welcome you home, but since I am from across the narrow sea:
Thank you for your service, I hope it will work out for those poor people as well as the Iraqi in the end. "What better way is there to spend your wealth and effort, than the betterment and freedom of others?"
I've never yet gone to any of the Brony events. Maybe one day I will. But I think one thing should be perfectly clear: For serving our country (regardless of what anyone thinks of the commander in chief) and writing such absolutely wonderful stores, the first and second rounds are on *me*
I'm also not a big fan of plane rides but thus far have only flown twice with no trouble.
/brohoof
Never a truer statement. You would think with everything they spend on defense, they'd be able to afford cushions.
May the flight be tolerable, and the drinks plentiful. Many happy returns
Fine, first round is on you, but you better well believe all the rest are on me.
Welcome home, it's good to know you're back!
Welcome home!
As a returning hero, all rounds are on us.
Unfinished stories frustrate the Tartarus out of me. I shall wait until it is finished.
Welcome home, my man. I'm glad you made it home safe.
Flights to the West are always rougher than to the East. It's because of the time difference. It's easier to just stay up and then fall asleep once the sun does set than to try rising with the most recent sunrise.
Happened to me on my Europe trip earlier this summer.
Also, keep the money, I've got a job and a sense of decency. Drinks would be on me.
Welcome back.
Autocorrect strikes again!
I wouldn't be able to let you buy the first round in good conscience, dude. I always got some relief when I'd log in and see a new blog post from you, since it suggested you were still among the living.
>first round's on me.
Hahahaha, no.
In all seriousness, welcome back, dude.
We couldn't ask for a better dude returning home safely.
Did I already ask you what the name of the story that took second place in the November prompt from The Writeoff Association, "Title Drop" was? If I didn't, then what was it?
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It was Collaborators, by Baal Bunny. It's a great Daring Do / Ahuizotl fic, and it's here on fimfic.